https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/132/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-long-will-cubs-be-without-seiya-suzuki-and-how-do-they-fill-his-spot-r735/It felt ominous, early Monday morning, when Jesse Rogers reported that the Cubs were calling up outfielder Alexander Canario to meet the team in Arizona. Canario is off to a decent start with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, but he wasn't first in line for a promotion based purely on performance. If the...735Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:18:27 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/top-prospect-alexander-canario-called-up-to-cubs-is-another-move-coming-r733/Alexander Canario, the 12th-ranked prospect on North Side Baseball, technically got the call last year. Still, after being sporadically used by former manager David Ross, he hasn’t been given an opportunity to show out at the big league level yet. The good news is that it sounds like that opport...733Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:54:10 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/monday-morning-north-sider-michael-buschs-west-coast-scorcher-assadmanaga-the-masters-more-r731/This week’s showing wasn’t nearly as impressive as last week’s 5-1 performance against the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers, but the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners are formidable opponents. There’s not a ton of shame in going .500 when traveling to the Pacific Standard Time Zone a...731Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:09:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/ben-brown-tommy-john-surgery-risk-velocity-spin/  Although Jameson Taillon is right on the cusp of a return to the Cubs' starting rotation, the team won't turn to their veteran workhorse during their visit to the Arizona Diamondbacks to close out a nine-game road trip. Instead, they'll maintain the rotation established at the start of th...730Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:11:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/week-in-review-busch-morel-brown-bullpen-west-coast/Record Last Week: 3-3 Runs Scored: 24 Runs Surrendered: 27 Standing: T-3rd in NL Central (1.5 GB) Transactions 04/10/24 - Chicago Cubs sent RHP Jameson Taillon on a rehab assignment to Iowa Cubs. 04/11/24 - Chicago Cubs traded C Joe Hudson to New York Mets....732Mon, 15 Apr 2024 10:13:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/kohl-franklin-leaves-triple-a-debut-hurt-jameson-taillon-on-verge-of-return-r728/  Jameson Taillon will meet the Cubs in Arizona, as they finish their long Western road trip this week. He should be back on the mound sometime during that series. Justin Steele is further away, but on schedule. When prospect Kohl Franklin will pitch again, unfortunately, is anyone's guess....728Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:51:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/do-the-2024-cubs-need-to-steal-bases-to-be-effective-offensively-r726/The 2023 iteration of the Chicago Cubs was one of the best baserunning teams in Major League Baseball. FanGraphs’ Base Running metric (BsR) takes the following into account as part of its calculation:  Ultimate Base Running (UBR – a measure of each baserunning event) Weighted Stol...726Sat, 13 Apr 2024 11:17:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/analyzing-shota-imanagas-first-two-mlb-starts-r724/  Shota Imanaga is off to a very strong start, but how long will it last? Imanaga has appeared in two games so far this season, both being at Wrigley Field. I’ve been present for both, and they were an absolute joy to watch. The first game was the Cubs' home opener, a 1:20 game against...724Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:24:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/diving-into-nico-hoerners-new-approach-and-assessing-its-value-r725/It’s no secret that Nico Hoerner has had a relatively disappointing start to the 2024 season. He didn’t play in the last game of the Padres series, giving him two consecutive days off. I assume he’ll be back in the lineup on Friday when we start the Mariners series, and hopefully, a couple of da...725Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:11:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-christopher-morel-has-gotten-on-plane-and-achieved-liftoff-r721/The more we come to understand hitting, the more clearly we come to see that it's not just about timing, the way the first guardians of the craft told us it was. It is, as the iconoclastic but utterly brilliant Ted Williams started telling people 75 years ago, about getting on plane with the inc...721Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:07:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jose-cuas-bullpen-roster-spot-optioned-to-minors-or-cut/José Cuas was expected to be a key part of the Cubs bullpen this year, after coming over from Kansas City in July 2023. In return, the Cubs surrendered slugging outfielder Nelson Velázquez, who hit 14 home runs while getting full playing time in the Royals’ outfield in the second half of last se...719Wed, 10 Apr 2024 13:14:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/dansby-swanson-is-feasting-on-heat-and-spitting-on-spin-r720/Earlier this week, I raved about the Chicago Cubs’ offensive approach to start 2024. From top to bottom, the lineup looks like a group of professional hitters, ready to wear down opposing starters and chew through their bullpens. After doing it against the Los Angeles Dodgers throughout the week...720Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:25:01 +0000